SDWOTS: Advanced Operations & Troubleshooting Training

This five-day course covers the new deployment, options and features of version 20.x Cisco Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN). SD-WAN is an overlay architecture that overcomes the biggest drawbacks of traditional WAN. Students will learn how to design, configure and operate a Cisco SD-WAN utilizing any transport (MPLS, Broadband, LTE, VSAT etc.). Candidates will discuss and build an SD-WAN environment starting from Day 0 provisioning and will also be able to provide troubleshooting, management, policy control and application visibility across the enterprise network. This hands-on Course covers the Cisco SD-WAN product and contains extensive labs to reinforce the knowledge learned.

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What's Included

  • Official Cisco courseware
  • Remote lab access

Prerequisites

  • Familiarity with WAN Networks

Course Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

  • Describe how to deploy SD-WAN
  • Configure SD-WAN environment
  • Deploy Zero-Touch Provisioning
  • Implement SD-WAN Security
  • Configure SD-WAN Policies
  • Operate SD-WAN Devices and software
  • Troubleshoot SD-WAN environment

Course Outline

Module 1: Cisco SD-WAN Introduction

  • Introduction and Background
  • SD-WAN Concepts
  • Solution Architecture Overview

Module 2: Cisco SD-WAN: Control Plane

  • Deploying SD-WAN Control Plane
  • SD-WAN Router Establishes Control Connection with vBond
  • Devices and Controllers Identities
  • Establishing the Control Plane
  • Cisco SD-WAN Control Plane Overlay Management Protocol (OMP)
  • Troubleshooting Control Connections

Module 3: Cisco SD-WAN: Data Plane

  • Establishing the Data Plane

Module 4: Templates

Module 5: Policy Framework

  • Control Policies
  • Building, Applying, and Processing Centralized Control Policies
  • Control, Data, Application Aware, VPN Membership, cFlowd, and Security Policies
  • Central and Local Control Policy
  • Central and Local Data Policy
  • Application Aware Policy
  • Creating a Centralized Policy
  • VPN Membership Policies
  • cFlowd Policy
  • Security Policies
  • Application Quality of Experience

Module 6: Data Plane Troubleshooting

  • Troubleshooting BFD and Data Plane Tunnels
  • BFD Troubleshooting
  • Control Connections Related Issues
  • Firewalls – Port Requirements
  • NAT – Related Problems
  • OMP
  • Security Configuration
  • ISP Problems with DSCP 48
  • cEdge: In-depth Datapath Debugging

Module 7: Troubleshooting Policies

  • Control Policy Failure Scenario No. 1
  • Control Policy Failure Scenario No. 2
  • Troubleshooting Data Policies and App-Route Policies
  • Centralized Policies – Points of Failure
  • Example 1: vManage Policy Deployment Failure
  • Example 2: Policy Deployment on vSmart
  • Example 3: Policy Deployment on vEdge
  • Example 4: Policy Deployment on cEdge
  • Tricky Problem

Module 8: Management and Operations

  • Customer Deployment
  • Use Case: Retail
  • Controller Deployment
  • Seamless Migration
  • Multi-Segment Overlay
  • Hub and Spoke Topology
  • Secure Internet Access
  • Cloud onRamp for SaaS
  • Cloud onRamp for IaaS
  • Redundancy

Module 9: SD-WAN Multi-Tenant

Labs

  • Lab 1: Onboard vSmart Controller
  • Lab 2: Prepare a vEdge Router for Onboarding
  • Lab 3: Prepare a cEdge Router for Onboarding
  • Lab 4: Add vEdge to vManage Inventory
  • Lab 5: Configure and Deploy vEdge Router Control-Plane
  • Lab 6: Configure and Deploy cEdge Router Control-Plane
  • Lab 7: Decommission a cEdge from vManage Inventory
  • Lab 8: Adding a cEdge to vManage Inventory
  • Lab 9: Configure and Deploy an Overlay Network
  • Lab 10: Exploring vManage GUI
  • Lab 11: Provision and Deploy vManage Feature Templates
  • Lab 12: Provision and Deploy vManage CLI Templates
  • Lab 13: Provision and Deploy Policies (Part 1)
  • Lab 14: Provision and Deploy Policies (Part 2)
  • Lab 15: Verifying and Troubleshooting Data Plane Issues
  • Lab 16: TLOC Extension
  • Lab 17: Troubleshooting Methods and Tools
  • Lab 18: Using the REST API and Python Scripting
  • Lab 19: Deploy Multitenant vManage